Thin Salamander

	Thin Salamander
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Secondary
Type of:	Chordate
Subtype :	Vertebrates
Infratype :	Maxillary
Overclass :	Tetrapods
Grade:	Amphibians
Subclass :	Non-armored
Squad:	Tailed amphibians
Suborder :	Salamandroidea
Family:	Lungless salamanders
Subfamily :	Plethodontinae
Gender:	Forest lungless salamanders
View:	Thin Salamander
International scientific name
	Plethodon richmondi Netting & Mittleman , 1938
Security status
	Least Concerned; IUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 59352

Thin salamander ^[1] ( lat. Plethodon richmondi ) is a species of caudate amphibian of the genus Forest salamander ( Plethodon ) of the family Pulmonary salamander ( Plethodontidae ). A specific Latin name is given in honor of Neil Dwight Richmond (1912-1992) ^[2] .

The total length is 7.5-14.5 cm. The head is thick. Eyes are bulging. The body is thin and slender. The limbs are short but well developed. The tail is long, gradually tapering at the end. The color of the back and sides is dark brown or black, with silver spots. The belly has a dark brown or black color ^[3] .

He loves wooded valleys, moist gorges, ravines ^[4] . It occurs at an altitude of 1300 meters above sea level. It feeds on ants, dipterous larvae, ticks, snails, bugs, earthworms, termites and spiders.

The female lays 2–4 eggs. The length of the cubs from head to cesspool is 1.4-1.5 cm.

The species is common in the USA: in West Virginia, Kentucky, southwestern Virginia, northwestern North Carolina and northeastern Tennessee ^[5] .

Notes

↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 29 .-- 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
↑ Beltz, Ellin. 2006. Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America - Explained. ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx/html.
↑ Atlas of Amphibians. Austin Peay State University website. http://apbrwww5.apsu.edu/amatlas/title.htm Archived March 7, 2015 on the Wayback Machine .
↑ Conant, Roger. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition . Houghton Mifflin. Boston xviii + 429 pp. + 48 plates. ISBN 0-395-19979-4 (hardcover), ISBN 0-395-19977-8 (paperback). ( Plethodon richmondi , pp. 274-275, Figure 86 + Plate 41 + Map 231.)
↑ Geoffrey Hammerson (2004) Plethodon richmondi . In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.

Literature

Conant, Roger. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, 2nd editition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston ISBN 0-395-90452-8 .

[1] Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 29 .-- 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .

[2] Beltz, Ellin. 2006. Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America - Explained. ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx/html.

[3] Atlas of Amphibians. Austin Peay State University website. http://apbrwww5.apsu.edu/amatlas/title.htm Archived March 7, 2015 on the Wayback Machine .

[4] Conant, Roger. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition . Houghton Mifflin. Boston xviii + 429 pp. + 48 plates. ISBN 0-395-19979-4 (hardcover), ISBN 0-395-19977-8 (paperback). ( Plethodon richmondi , pp. 274-275, Figure 86 + Plate 41 + Map 231.)

[iucn-5] Geoffrey Hammerson (2004) Plethodon richmondi . In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.

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